Name: World Sprint Championships
Start: 2019-09-25T00:00:00+01:00
End: 2019-09-29T23:59:59+01:00
Location: La Seu

Manor Farm WWR Cancelled

Due to the high winds that are forecast for this weekend, the event at Manor Farm on 17th August has been cancelled. Apologies to all who wished to attend this event.

Junior & U23 World Championships Update

Greetings from sunny Banja Luka. The team under the very capable management of Julie, Jamie and Nicky are getting on well with their preparations and looking forward to the racing. We have the opening ceremony tonight and sprint racing starts tomorrow. We have had a request from the ICF and the other National Federations to enter…
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GB team head to Banja Luka

The GB Junior and U23 teams are heading out to Banja Luka for the world championships. We all wish them the best for practice and racing, which starts next Thursday. Details can be found on the worlds website https://www.canoeicf.com/wildwater-canoeing-world-championships/banja-luka-2019

Anti Doping Regulations

Doping reminder – time is running out!And a final remember to all teams that the ICF has made compulsory the online anti-doping education courses to all senior, U23 and junior international athletes across all canoeing disciplines. It is important, especially ahead of the U23 and junior world championships in various disciplines, to complete the course.The…
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Tryweryn Descent Cancelled/Postponed

Message from the organiser Jamie Christie Unfortunately the Tryweryn Descent is Cancelled this weekend. Due to risk of flooding in the Dee valley they are having to try to hold water in the dam. We will reschedule for later in the year. Very sorry everyone, please spread the word.

World Medalists Honoured

We have added a section to honour our World Championship medalists. We have been successful in all classes of competition, and this roll of honour really shows how much we have achieved as a nation over the years. We are missing images for some of the paddlers, if you are able to provide photos that…
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Current Rankings Updated

The current season rankings are available in the downloads section – or you can find them here.

New Whitewater Safety Course

British Canoeing has launched a new artificial whitewater safety course. Aimed at supporters, parents and coaches who work primarily on artificial course environments. Image Credit: J Wallis

GB Team Profiles

The profiles of the 2019 GB Team paddlers are now available on the WWR website. Any corrections or new images to be used can be sent to web@wildwater.org.uk

Treignac Promo

A short promo video for the Treignac World Cup races. The Vezere is one of the classic wildwater racing venues, so should be a great event.

Pinkston Sprints Live

LIVE TV WWR SPRINT FRIDAY EVENING 12 JULY We have a Scottish ranking race that will show live on BBC Scotland’s new channel.Venue is the Pinkston White Water Centre in Glasgow. Exact details still being confirmed but there will also be some freestyle and polo. Great festival of canoe sport!

Website Ready

We have largely re-populated the website. The back filling of results will take a little more time to complete, but we have the main information back up and running. We would welcome your feedback on the website, what you would like to see, and if there is anything we have missed on the migration from…
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GB Team Selections

Congratulations to everyone selected for GB teams. Please note that all athletes need to confirm acceptance to secretary@wildwater.org.uk of their team selection by 2nd May. Senior World Championships 24 – 29 Sept La Seu D’Urgell, Spain MC1 Ryan Hunt MC2 Ryan Hunt/ Jacob Holmes MK1 Ben OakleySpencer ArmstrongCalum GingellFreddie BrownReserve: Robert Jefferies WC1 Rachel Houston…
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Selection Results

The sprint and classic results from the weekends selection races are now available.

Wavehopper Club Champs Winners

Congratulations to Nottingham Kayak Club for winning the last Wavehopper Club Champs. Here we have the factory-fresh Wavehopper with many thanks to Wave Sport for sponsoring the event. Time to start practicing for the next Wavehopper Club Champs which will again be at the Nene this October. All welcome – Wavehoppers and any short Whitewater boats…
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Race Promotion

As you can see we have a new website, and we have a new calendar for races. We are able to offer at the moment online entries as simple RSVP so that organisers can gauge how many paddlers are going to attend. This can be enabled by default – or on a per event basis.…
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Welcome to the new WWR website

Welcome to the new Wildwater Racing website. Our old website has unfortunately come under attack, and we have needed to bring forward the launch of the new website. We do not have the full content available as yet, but this will be populated asap. We hope you like the new look and feel of the…
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